Mahoning deputy hurt in car accident in Delaware County

YOUNGSTOWN — A Mahoning County deputy sheriff is recovering in a Columbus hospital from injuries sustained in a two-car accident in Delaware County while picking up a prisoner.

The sheriff department's Maj. Lenny Sliwinski said Deputies Larry Dollak and John Naples were sent to Delaware County on Tuesday morning to pick up a prisoner for an appearance in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court. He said a woman in Delaware County pulled out in front of the deputies on U.S. Route 42 causing the accident.

Naples was transferred from a Delaware County hospital to the Riverside Trauma Center in Columbus, where he was treated for unspecified injuries. Sliwinski could not comment on his condition.

Dollak and the prisoner being transported were treated for minor injuries and released. The driver of the other car was not injured.